Cold War
What was the state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States and its capitalist allies) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its communist allies) called?
Cold War
What formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War 2 in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991
The Iron Curtain
These laws were statutes and ordinances established between 1874 and 1975 to separate the white and black races in the American South.
Jim Crow
Which event, remembered as a widespread paranoia about the alleged internal Communist threat, reached a fever pitch between 1950 & 1954?
Red Scare
In response to perceptions of Soviet technological success, which national agency was established on October 1, 1958, as the primary federal agency responsible for aerospace research and the civilian space program?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
What was the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba called?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Which of the following country was NOT part of the Warsaw Pact?
United States
Eisenhower's Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 had authorized the construction of a 40,000-mile National System of _____?
Interstate Highways
Which 2 countries emerged as superpowers with very different governments, after World War 2?
USA & USSR
What was the name of the Soviet spaceship that made history by sending Laika the dog into space to learn about the effects of space on animals and the conditions under which they could survive?
Sputnik 2
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco as the International Organization known as what?
United Nations
In 1949, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, and eight other countries formed a new military alliance called NATO or N_____ A_____ T_____ O_____.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
With more and more Americans owning TV sets by 1950, advertisers found a new way to sponsor programs known as _____
Commercials
The United States was the only nation that possessed atomic weapons until 1949 when _________ tested an atomic bomb
Russia
Who was the first American astronaut to enter Earth's orbit in February 1962?
John Glenn
What was the strategy and policy used by the United States during the Cold War to restrict the spread of communism abroad by diplomatic, military, and economic actions?
Containment
Which conference occurred during February 1945 in Crimea, and was attended by Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin to discuss Europe's postwar reorganization?
The Yalta Conference
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others, commonly applied to races during this time, is known as?
Segregation
The House Un-American Activities Committee, as well as U.S. Senator ______, investigated allegations of subversive elements in the government and the Hollywood film industry during the 1950s.
Joseph R. McCarthy
In 1958, Congress passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA), which envisioned public education as a key component of_____?
National Security
The first nuclear weapons were built by the United States during World War II through the ________ _______, a secret project led by the United States that started in 1939.
Manhattan Project
What was the agreement between three of the Allies of World War II to plan the military occupation and reconstruction of Germany?
Potsdam Agreement
What was the act that helped veterans go to school, get home loans, collect unemployment, and receive medical care known as?
GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
During the Cold War, the Domino Theory said that if one country fell under communist influence or control
Neighboring countries would soon follow.
In April 1961, which Soviet cosmonaut became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I?
Yuri Gagarin